Tuesday: Bloggers meet business.

Wednesday: Bloggers book talk, Bloggers and PR people collide.

Thursday: Soundcheck blogger special. Including: Nialler9, Rick O’Shea, Jim Carroll (Irish Times/On The Record), Ian Wright (Thrill Pier), UnaRocks, NaRocRoc, Sweet Oblivion, Rapture Ponies, Aoife McIndieHour, Bluebirds Are So Natural and Dublin Streets

Friday: Oh who knows!

Saturday:

4pm: Ladies Tea Party.

7pm: The Irish Blog Awards including an art exhibit by Eolai showing off his latest paintings.

Photo owned by jencu (cc)

This is the final list before the winner is announced on February 21st in Cork. Good luck to all:

Best Blog Post – Sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

Annie Rhiannon: “Ten Days in May”

Asleep on the Compost Heap: “Kells after Midnight”

Bock The Robber: “Leonard Cohen in Dublin – Concert Review”

Darragh Doyle: “The first time”

Darren Byrne: Adoption – “One Year Later”

Grandad: “How to blog?”

Hangar Queen: “The Big Lop Offski 2”

K8 the GR8: “The Secret Fire”

Lex Ferenda: “Correction; of the, year”

On The Record: “The Ticket’s Top 40 Irish Albums of All Time”

Public Inquiry: “A corrupt nation in denial”

Red Mum: “Calling All Single Parents in Dublin North”

Sinéad Keogh: “Starbucks Endorse Obama”

Stranded on Gaia: “Carlton and Chester”

Suzy Byrne: “Irish Rail enforcing the ban on free travel for Same Sex Couples”

Suzy Byrne: “Sarah Palin’s Trip to Ireland – seeking the itinerary”

Tuppenceworth.ie: “Waiting for Obama”

Congrats that made it to the longlists. Be sure to thank the sponsors too who make this whole event possible each year.

Every nominated blog has now been judged and the the longlists are below. For those blog owners who show up in multiple categories you now must choose which category you want to be in when your blog is moved forward into the next round of judging. Send an email to contact < at > awards.ie with the subjectline “Category Choice” and tell us the category you want to be judged in. You will then be removed from the rest when the next round starts. You have until Friday the 6th at 5pm. If you don’t want to make the choice we’ll randomly select one of your categories. As was highlighted during the nomination process, a blog can only be shortlisted/longlisted in one category.

Edit: Use of Irish Language added in to this list, unchanged.

Best Popculture Blog – Sponsored by Bubble Hits

• Raptureponies
• The Red Scrapbook
• Johnnie Craig
• Why that’s delightful
• Jazzbiscuit
• Rosemary Maccabe
• The Chancer
• Victor Barry
• Fústar
• Dante and the Lobster
• The Bubble Boy
• Bifsniff
• Ego Eccentric
• Panti’s blog
• Rick O’Shea
• Off Her Rocker
• Unarocks
• Old Bitter Balls
• Off the Meatrack
• Anneelicious

Best Blog from a Journalist – Sponsored by Mamut

• Irish Crime Reporter
• On the Record
• Karlin Lillington
• Mark Davenport
• Johnnie Craig




• Pursued by a Bear
• Markham Nolan
• Pricewatch – Conor Pope
• Adam Maguire
• Dermot Keyes
• David McWilliams
• Adrian Weckler
• Unarocks
• Malachi O’Doherty
• Stonyriver Farm
• Limerick Leader – On The Beat
• Haydn Shaughnessy
• Calvin Jones
• Peter Murphy
• Gavin Sheridan

Best Food/Drink Blog – Sponsored by Bord Bia

• Italian Foodies
• iFoods.tv
• Littlebird Eats
• A Food Journey in Korea
• Well done Fillet
• Ice Cream Ireland
• The Good Mood Food Blog
• Sourgrapes
• The Daily Spud
• Just Add Eggs
• Cully and Sully
• Cheap Eats
• Tast.ie
• Bibliocook
• Food and Drink in Ireland
• Bubble Brothers
• Val’s Kitchen
• Robert Frances Wine
• Curious Wines
• Messy Chef

Best Fashion Blog – Sponsored by Spinnakerpro

• The Sexy Pedestrian
• I Blog Fashion
• Dressjunkie
• Angela Scanlon
• The Portmanteau
• Fashion Filosofy
• Beaut.ie
• Vulgar Moon
• Indigo and Cloth
• Lovely Disco
• Wow
• Niceday Designs
• belfast Fashion
• Bluebirds Are So Natural
• Dublin Streets

Best Arts and Culture Blog – Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

• Fustar




• Rapture Ponies
• Irish KC
• The Asylum
• Chris Judge Illustration
• David Maybury
• Dante and the Lobster
• A Doubtful Egg
• Pursued by a Bear
• The Antiroom
• An Cathach
• Scamp
• The Red Scrap Book
• Film Talk
• Maguire’s Movies
• Caricatures Ireland
• Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Devious Theatre
• The Local Project
• Musical Rooms
• Self interest and sympathy
• Stonyriver Farm
• Eoin Purcell

Best Political Blog – Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries

• Suzy Byrne
• Three thousand Versts
• Tuppenceworth
• Slugger O’Toole
• Mark Devenport
• Irish Election
• Dublin Opinion
• Public Inquiry
• Cedarlounge
• A Publisher’s Blog
• Your Friend in the North
• O’Conall Street
• Unionists Lite
• Green Inkpen
• James Lawless
• Daniel Sullivan
• Keith Martin
• El Blogador
• Gavin’s Blog
• The Politics Show

Best Group Blog – Sponsored by DineToMeet.ie

• Beaut.ie
• Tuppenceworth
• Slugger O’Toole
• Irish Economy
• A Tangled Web
• The Blog Pound
• Limerick Blogger
• Irish Election
• Blather
• Devious Theatre




• Team Geared Up
• SCC English
• Analogue Magazine
• Cedarlounge
• The Antiroom
• Dublin Blog
• Soundtracks for them
• Web2Ireland
• The Elevator
• Gaelick
• Cheebah
• Soho Solo
• Ego Eccentric
• Media Virgins
• Curious Wines
• The Lives of Others
• Blue Birds are so Natural
• Coworking.ie
• 1Blankpage

Best Technology Blog/Blogger – Sponsored by Bitbuzz

• Keith Shirley
• Pat Phelan
• Karlin Lillington
• Contrast Blog
• Ken Mcguire
• Liquid Learning
• Justin Mason
• MJ
• Bernie Goldbach
• Donncha O’Caoimh
• Michele Neylon
• Robin Blandford
• Digmo
• eWrite Cork
• Digital Darragh
• John Braine
• Cormac Moylan
• TechCentral
• Gadget Republic
• Web2Ireland

Best Sport and Recreation Blog – Sponsored by Boards.ie

• Kopblog
• Hook Hockey
• This is Anfield
• Arseblog
• Mayo GAA
• Spoke.ie
• Okeydoke Football
• Limerick Post Sport
• Team Geared Up
• Worldwide Cycles
• Lickable Wallpaper
• Football Corner
• Irish Kopite
• Peter Bills
• Jump the Fence

Best News/Current Affairs Blog – Sponsored by IGO People

• Suzy Byrne
• Splintered Sunrise
• Bock the Robber
• Irish Election
• Limerick Blogger
• Irish Sentinel
• Tallyman
• The Politics Show
• Youghal Online
• Hugh Green
• Newswire99

Best Specialist Blog – Sponsored by iQ Content

• http://lexferenda.com
• http://pauldervan.com
• http://leemunroe.com
• http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com
• http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com
• http://welldonefillet.blogspot.com
• http://xbox4nappyrash.blogspot.com
• http://valueireland.com
• http://irisheconomy.ie
• http://biopsy.wordpress.com
• http://pkellypr.com/blog
• http://knittingneels.com
• http://clasheen.wordpress.com
• http://solo-magazine.com
• http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com
• assistanttothebrandmanager
• aranbrew
• badlibrarianship.
• Kind I like
• Irish Taxi
• Sarah Tales

Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net

• katyboo1
• Outside In
• Lee Munroe
• sarahgostrangely
• national lottie
• Sinead Keogh
• Trust Tommy
• thesexypedestrian
• Joe Scanlon
• I Am Paddy
• The Unemployed Blog
• Tinman 18
• sinfulorigamipaper.
• Irish Economy
• Teknovis
• Clasheen
• Guesslist
• Glitter See Glitter Do>/a>
• Darragh Doyle
• Johhnie Craig
• Puddle Ducks

Best Blog of a Business – Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie

• Keith Bohanna
• IIA Blog
• Puddle Ducks
• Icecream Ireland
• Krishna De
• Tast.ie
• iFoods.tv
• Sabrina Dent
• Peter Donegan Landscaping
• Robin Blandford
• Curious Wines
• Worldwide Cycles
• eWrite Cork
• Fortify Your Oasis
• Brian Honan Consulting
• Blacknight Blog
• Niceday Designs
• Brightspark Consulting
• Nononsense Blog
• Argolon
• Cybercom

Best Music Blog – Sponsored by DownloadMusic.ie

• Asleep on the Compost Heap
• Nialler9
• On the Record
• The Torture Garden
• Drop D
• Indiehour
• Kilkenny Music
• Guess List
• Unreality TV
• frmckenzie
• theredscrapbook
• mp3hugger
• Those Geese
• Analogue Magazine
• Off Her Rocker
• State Blog
• Swear I’m Not Paul
• Unarocks
• Stuart Bailie
• Musical Rooms
• Nick Thinks

Best Personal Blog – Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group

• Verba – McAWilliams
• Grandad
• Red Leeroy
• Cackaloo
• Sinéad Keogh
• Annie Rhiannon
• casacaseycourtney
• I am Paddy




• The National Lottie
• Conortje
• Trust Tommy
• Well Done Fillet
• Fat Mammy Cat
• Infantasia
• The Unemployed Blog




• sinfulorigamipaper
• Coffee helps
• Darren Byrne
• Tinman18
• Grannymar
• Terence McDanger
• Red Mum
• English Mum
• Sinéad Cochrane

Best Humour Blog – Sponsored by Beecher Networks

• Grandad
• One for the Road
• American Hell
• National Disgrace
• Pauline McLynn
• Old bitterballs
• Twenty Major
• The Swearing Lady
• Well Done Fillet
• Bock the Robber
• Terence McDanger
• Maxicane
• Hangar Queen
• Gammagoblin
• Why that’s delightful
• Assistant to the Brand Manager
• Primal Sneeze
• Jazzbiscuit
• Irish Sentinel
• Emesq
• Big Bank Ltd
• Green Inkpen

Best Photo Blog – Sponsored by Pix.ie

• Darren Greene
• Annie Rhiannon
• Caitriona Dwyer
• Glassey Alley
• CasaCaseyCourtney
• Red Mum
• McAWilliams
• Venividi.ie
• Phil O’Kane
• Donncha O’Caoimh
• This Irish Photograph
• Gingerpixel
• Paudie
• Porchfield
• North Atlantic Skyline
• The Baz
• Figmentation
• Off Her Rocker
• Deeorgan
• Kevoto
• Miss Lili
• Lickable Wallpaper
• Ross Costigan

Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog – Sponsored by Edgecast Media

Hilary NY: http://hilaryny.blogspot.com
Corcaighist: http://corcaighist.blogspot.com
An Druma Mór: http://andrumamornuacht.blogspot.com
An Spailpín Fánach: http://spailpin.blogspot.com
Íomhá An Lae: http://iomhannablag.blogspot.com

An Cnagaire: http://ancnagaire.blogspot.com
Talk Irish: http://talkirish.com
Igaeilge: http://igaeilge.wordpress.com
Dialann Scott: http://dialannscott.blogspot.com
Blag Ghael Gan Náire: http://gaelgannaire.blogspot.com

Congrats to all nominated. All of these and all the winners of Blog Post of the Month will now be judged. Apologies for the horrible format!

• http://cackaloo.com/2008/08/09/the-secret-fire
• http://strandedongaia.blogspot.com/2008/10/carlton-and-chester.html
• http://mamanpoulet.com/?p=437
• http://bocktherobber.com/2008/12/auschwitz
• http://fustar.info/2008/12/05/none-for-anyone-in-the-audience-the-2008-manky-toy-show-live
• http://annierhiannon.blogspot.com/2008/05/ten-days-in-may.html
• http://musicroad.blogspot.com/2008/03/cathie-ryan-irish-and-american.html
• http://cackaloo.com/a-cry-for-help
• http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-time.html
• http://fustar.info/2008/07/27/20-goto-10
• http://smasher-lagru.blog.com/3227471
• http://victorbarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-with-post-number-1000.html
• http://redlemonade.blogspot.com/2008/11/diary-of-secretary.html
• http://blog.kyletunney.com/14/05/2008/doggy-shoot
• http://lexferenda.com/21022008/correction-of-the-year
• http://captainpurplehead.blogs.ie/2008/04/02/one-trick-tubridy
• http://leemunroe.com/25-hot-female-web-designers
• http://juliangough.com/journal/2008/2/10/memories-of-a-small-tribe-in-galway.html
• http://tuppenceworth.ie/blog/index.php/2008/11/11/waiting-for-obama
• http://bocktherobber.com/2008/06/leonard-cohen-in-dublin-2
• http://downsdad.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/another-idiot-with-a-column/l
• http://grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/25/the-light-went-out
• http://onavery.blogspot.com/2008/09/kells-after-midnight.html
• http://mamanpoulet.com/?p=423
• http://hangarqueen.blogspot.com/2008/09/phantom-limb.html
• http://myguidetravel.com/blog/the-munster-rugby-experience
• http://foodculturewestcork.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/local-abbatoirs-whats-at-steak
• http://cheebah.typepad.com/cheebah_hip_hop_reggae_fu/2008/09/too-many-gee.html
• http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=1647
• http://blog.iampaddy.com/2008/11/12/web-20rigami
• http://russellmcquillan.com/2008/12/11/could-zavvi-be-the-next-retail-giant-to-fall
• http://headrambles.com/2008/11/18/how-to-blog
• http://lackingexpectations.blogspot.com/2008/11/lest-we-forget.html
• http://darrenbyrne.com/wordpress/?p=29
• http://hangarqueen.blogspot.com/2008/08/big-lop-offski-2.html
• http://kenwriting.com/2008/12/long-distance.html
• http://blog.oss237.com/2008/07/02/trainspotting-diary-of-a-junkie
• http://itsanationaldisgrace.blogspot.com/2008/05/ill-be-your-dog.html
• http://musicroad.blogspot.com/2008/11/dual-julie-fowlis-muireann-nic.html
• http://cheebah.typepad.com/cheebah_hip_hop_reggae_fu/2008/12/recession-rating-1.html
• http://irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2008/02/29/the-tickets-top-40-irish-albums-of-all-time
• http://bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/12/02/imagine-if
• http://cackaloo.com/2008/12/02/amor-vincit-omnia
• http://mamanpoulet.com/?p=438
• http://kenwriting.com/2008/04/hard-to-tell.html
• http://nialler9.com/blog/2008/07/05/a-thing-to-do-a-musical-genealogy
• http://lexferenda.com/21112008/the-other-bbc-trust-decision
• http://thedailministers.blogspot.com/2008/08/mary-harney.html
• http://contrast.ie/blog/seo-is-still-bullshit
• http://chancingmyarm.blogspot.com/2008/10/ndugu-wangu.html
• http://redmum.blogspot.com/2008/10/calling-all-single-parents-in-dublin.html
• http://thegoodmoodfoodblog.com/2008/11/perfect-parsnips.html
• http://nialler9.com/2008/04/21/the-monday-morning-music-modicum/#more-1169
• http://itwaseverthus.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/miss-ruth-was-a-lady-and-a-lady-always-knows-when-to-leave
• http://yourfriendinthenorth.blogspot.com/2008/02/as-my-colleague-was-just-saying-or-why.html
• http://fatmammycat.blogspot.com
• http://theblogpound.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/twenty
• http://victorbarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-without-pigs.html
• http://publicinquiry.eu/2008/12/31/a-corrupt-nation-in-denial
• http://maguiresmovies.blogspot.com/2008/09/wave-goodbye.html
• http://nialler9.com/blog/2008/04/15/mystery-jets-are-go
• http://ifoods.tv/blog/working-on-a-new-business-need-help
• http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-year-2009-and-me.html
• http://darraghdoyle.blogspot.com/2008/06/having-pride-in-who-i-am.html
• http://cackaloo.com/2009/01/06/the-child-that-almost-was
• http://sineadkeogh.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/starbucks-endorse-obama
• http://patphelan.net/irish-taken-as-fools-as-o2-ireland-iphone-package-comes-with-attached-paddy-tax
• http://blogthebog.blogsome.com/2008/03/21/the-money-machine-1
• http://itsanationaldisgrace.blogspot.com/2008/03/there-are-8-million-skobies-in-dublin.html
• http://bocktherobber.com/2008/02/pc-world-sold-me-a-piece-of-shit
• http://tierneyhistory.blogspot.com/2008/04/death-of-memory.html
• http://conortje.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/lve-heard-it-all-before
• http://walsho.net/egg-on-my-face
• http://itsanationaldisgrace.blogspot.com/2008/06/simon-le-lisbon.html
• http://contrast.ie/blog/flicking-the-switch
• http://conoroneill.com/2008/12/07/having-some-nice-rashers-for-breakfast
• http://darrenbyrne.com/wordpress/?p=157
• http://itsanationaldisgrace.blogspot.com/2008/12/disgraces-back-to-mine-please-mixtape.html

Eolai has created some nice Nominated Logos.

As has Davy.

If you create your own and want to share them, please do.